Recaps

Ning Chen reunited with Xia Ziyi and learned that Consort Luo had been abducted by powerful coffin-bearers, then refused Ink Lord’s order to kill Xia Ziyi. Ink Lord pursued them and fought them; Ning Chen wounded Ink Lord’s avatar, but was struck down in return.

• Ning Chen stopped Xia Ziyi from leaving and urged him to trust him and join in rescuing Consort Luo.
• Xia Ziyi told Ning Chen that thirteen powerful coffin-bearers had taken Consort Luo, and Ning Chen questioned Xia Ziyi’s killings of people who might have been connected to them.
• Ink Lord appeared and ordered Ning Chen to kill Xia Ziyi, but Ning Chen refused and fled with Xia Ziyi and Yin'er.
• Ink Lord tracked the group, and Ning Chen failed to destroy the True Sun Scripture cultivation within himself.
• Xia Ziyi and Ning Chen fought Ink Lord together, with Xia Ziyi blocking his attacks while Ning Chen sought an opening.
• Xia Ziyi used the Twelve Wings of Sin to withstand Ink Lord’s immortal art, allowing Ning Chen to pierce Ink Lord’s avatar before Ink Lord struck Ning Chen and made him cough up blood.

Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi fought the Ink Lord’s incarnation until its power suddenly dissipated, then met Lü Luo, who revealed herself as Ning Chen’s Fourth Senior Sister and brought them to safety in Yanji City. As they began recovering from their wounds, Lü Luo prepared potent medicines and assured Yin'er that the two men would not be able to die after taking them.

• Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi combined their attacks against the Ink Lord, whose incarnation faltered after enduring their final moves.
• Lü Luo arrived, demonstrated her power, and identified herself to Ning Chen as his Fourth Senior Sister.
• Lü Luo led Ning Chen, Xia Ziyi, and Yin'er to a residence in Yanji City and left to fetch medicine while the injured men began healing.
• Lü Luo returned with jade bottles, mixed medicine for Xia Ziyi, and told Yin'er that half the bottles contained poison.
• Lü Luo mixed medicine for Ning Chen and assured Yin'er that anyone who took it would not be able to die.

Ning Chen discussed revenge and the search for resurrection with Xia Ziyi before Lü Luo revealed more about the Ink Sect’s struggle against the Ink Lord and gave Ning Chen a dangerous treatment. The chapter ended with Lü Luo reacting sharply when Ning Chen asked about a powerful group whose members carried coffins.

• Xia Ziyi spoke of revenge, and he and Ning Chen reflected on loss, death, and Ning Chen’s persistence in seeking a miracle.
• Yin'er supervised as Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi took their painful medicine, and Lü Luo arrived with Nine Nether Flowers for Ning Chen’s treatment.
• Lü Luo explained that the consciousness within Ning Chen’s True Sun Scripture was tied to the Seven-Colored and Yin-Yang Immortal Arts, and that Xiang Yuan had helped save Ning Chen from the Ink Lord’s incarnation.
• Ning Chen learned that Zi Chuan, the Marquis in Purple, had once been the master of Seventh Peak and that Xiang Yuan had severed the consciousness within himself.
• Ning Chen showed Lü Luo the rouge box containing Eighth Senior Sister’s heart’s blood essence, and she told him to keep it safe.
• Ning Chen asked Lü Luo about an inheritance whose members carried coffins and had cultivation above the Immortal-Treading realm, and she asked whether he had already met them.

Ning Chen learned that the Nether Hall had taken his friend, while Xia Ziyi and the others prepared to flee after a clash with the Marquis in Purple. The Northern King Hua Changfeng attacked, but Xia Ziyi unleashed a forbidden art and killed him, leaving Ning Chen stunned by his friend's power.

• Lü Luo warned Ning Chen that the Nether Hall's Patrollers took his friend to refine Corpse Gods and urged him to recover instead of acting rashly.
• The Marquis in Purple and Xia Ziyi fought until Ning Chen intervened, and Lü Luo stabilized Ning Chen's injuries before ordering everyone to prepare to leave.
• The Northern King Hua Changfeng attacked the residence, and Xia Ziyi met him in battle while Ning Chen shielded Yin'er.
• Hua Changfeng wounded Xia Ziyi, who unleashed the forbidden art Divine Descent and manifested the Twelve Wings of Sin.
• Xia Ziyi shattered Hua Changfeng's Howling Wind Spear and cut his throat, while Ning Chen watched in shock.

Ning Chen stayed behind in the Extreme North to let Lü Luo, Marquis in Purple, Yin'er, and the unconscious Xia Ziyi escape the four pursuers. Badly injured and surrounded by the Eastern King, the Southern King, the Western King, and Bai Qin, he gathered his remaining strength for one final stand.

• After the Northern King died, the Eastern King and the other pursuers set out after Ning Chen and his companions.
• Lü Luo led the group toward the Extreme North, but Ning Chen handed Xia Ziyi to her and stayed behind to prevent the pursuers from reaching them.
• The Eastern King attacked Ning Chen, who fought back despite his injuries and refused to return with her.
• Bai Qin joined the battle, and then the Southern King and Western King attacked Ning Chen together as he blocked the Western King's pursuit.
• Ning Chen unleashed his Nine Suns sword form against the three kings and Bai Qin, but their combined assault left him grievously wounded.
• After the Eastern King ordered that he be killed cleanly, Ning Chen saw his companions had escaped and released all his blood essence to make a final stand.

Ning Chen fought the Eastern King, Western King, Southern King, and Divine General Bai Qin at the Extreme North boundary, unleashing his forbidden sword before his blood and essence were nearly exhausted. As the Eastern King prepared to finish him, thirteen powerful figures from Underworld Hall arrived, and the Golden Radiance Emperor ordered the Four Kings and Bai Qin to withdraw, leaving the emissaries to seize Ning Chen.

• Ning Chen used Four Symbols Consecration Sword to enter Spirit Transformation and wound Divine General Bai Qin as the battle against the two kings resumed.
• Ning Chen fought the Western King, Southern King, and Bai Qin, then faced the Eastern King as she joined the battle.
• Ning Chen unleashed the Grand Supreme Forbidden Sword, badly wounding the two kings and sending Bai Qin flying, but the Eastern King overwhelmed his remaining defenses.
• Thirteen figures from Underworld Hall appeared and claimed that the Phoenix body belonged to them.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor ordered the Eastern King, Western King, Southern King, and Bai Qin to withdraw, and they left Ning Chen behind.
• With Ning Chen exhausted and barely alive, the thirteen Underworld Emissaries sent chains toward him.

Ning Chen fought the Underworld Emissaries to protect Yin'er and get her out of the Extreme North, using the forbidden Borrowing Life from Heaven to keep battling despite his fatal injuries. After sending Yin'er away, he dissipated his Phoenix Body, and a gigantic demonic shadow appeared as the emissaries tried to bind his phoenix phantom.

• Ning Chen awakened the Godslayer Chariot with Phoenix Blood, transforming it into an Underworld Phoenix that shattered the emissaries’ chains.
• Ning Chen defeated the Seventh Underworld Emissary and used the Scroll of Sun and Scroll of Moon to find Consort Luo, then sent her and the sleeping Ghost Maiden away on an Azure Boat.
• Ning Chen held off the twelve remaining Underworld Emissaries while the chariot’s artifact spirit fell dormant, then opened the void with Eternal Exile.
• Yin'er rushed into the void after Ning Chen, and he took a chain meant for her before invoking Borrowing Life from Heaven to fight the thirteen emissaries.
• Ning Chen broke through the emissaries’ formation with Nirvana and fled with Yin'er, then sent her away and dissipated his Phoenix Body.
• The Underworld Emissaries tried to bind Ning Chen’s phoenix phantom, but a gigantic demonic shadow descended from the nine heavens.

The demonic body descended to save Zhì Mìng’s remaining soul and fought the Underworld Emissaries, their summoned Underworld God, and the Underworld Hall Lord’s power. After defeating them, it searched for Yin’er and the Ghost Maiden’s Ice Coffin, leaving the story with Zhì Mìng continuing through the frozen wilderness.

• The demonic body shattered the Underworld Emissaries’ chains and absorbed the phoenix source, then attacked the thirteen emissaries.
• The Underworld Emissaries opened their coffins and sent nine corpse gods to fight, but the demon destroyed four and freed the souls bound within them.
• The thirteen emissaries summoned the Underworld God, and the demon fought it until its mortal form collapsed and its consciousness withdrew.
• The demonic body told Lü Luo that Yin’er was six hundred li northwest, and Lü Luo left to find her while the battle continued.
• The Underworld Hall Lord struck at the demon with a giant hand, but the demon shattered it and then killed the thirteen Underworld Emissaries.
• The demonic body searched for the missing Ice Coffin and continued north, while the coffin drifted away in a small azure boat.

Ning Chen’s demon body pursued the Azure Boat through the Extreme North, rescued Yin'er and reunited with Lü Luo and the others. After learning of the Phoenix Body’s condition, he helped Xia Ziyi and Consort Luo recover and prepared to confront the Ink Lord, while the Phoenix Body remained sealed and in danger.

• Ning Chen’s demon body caught up with the Azure Boat, shielded it from an avalanche, and found Consort Luo barely alive inside; he used Phoenix essence to stabilize her.
• Ning Chen reached Yin'er and Lü Luo, comforted Yin'er, and learned that the Phoenix Body had sealed himself after his physical body scattered.
• Ning Chen heard Yin'er's account of the recent events and suspected that the Marquis in Purple’s actions had exposed them to the Jinxi Imperial Family.
• Ning Chen entered the snowy valley and poured demonic energy into the weakened Xia Ziyi, who awoke and recognized Ning Chen’s demon body.
• Ning Chen entrusted Consort Luo to Xia Ziyi and told him to leave before the Jinxi Imperial Family’s pursuers arrived.
• Ning Chen refused to keep Xia Ziyi with them, then asked Lü Luo about their Eldest Senior Brother as they prepared for the coming confrontation with the Ink Lord.

The Golden Radiance Emperor and the Underworld Palace’s Acting Palace Lord discussed capturing the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, while the Eastern King argued that he should be recruited instead. At the residence in Gilded City, Xiang Yuan returned just as the Eastern King arrived to confront Ning Chen.

• The Acting Palace Lord of the Underworld Palace learned that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect had defeated the thirteen Underworld Emissaries and said he would send others to capture him.
• The Eastern King urged the Golden Radiance Emperor to spare Ning Chen and offered to subdue him for the Golden Radiance Imperial Dynasty, then accepted responsibility for pressure from Ink Sect and the Underworld Palace.
• Ning Chen cultivated the Heavenly Demon Clan’s secret arts while Lü Luo and the Marquis in Purple affirmed that they would accept him regardless of his identity as a demon.
• Xiang Yuan returned to the residence and sensed Ning Chen’s powerful demonic energy.
• The Eastern King descended into the courtyard and called for the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, and Ning Chen left his room to meet her.

The Eastern King arrived to recruit Ning Chen, but Ning Chen refused and left Golden Radiance Star with Yin'er to seek a way to restore the Phoenix Body. At Xiaoyue Chang'an Restaurant, the Moonlit Tower Master could offer no solution and directed Ning Chen to ask the Heaven Speaker, warning that she might uncover his identity.

• The Eastern King offered to protect Ning Chen if he joined him, but Ning Chen refused, and the Eastern King departed with a warning that they would meet as enemies.
• Ning Chen decided to leave Golden Radiance Star and seek the Moonlit Tower Master’s help restoring the Phoenix Body, while Xiang Yuan stayed behind to handle something.
• Nine days later, Ning Chen and Yin'er reached Xiaoyue Chang'an Restaurant on Hongluan Star, where Red Luan welcomed them and led Ning Chen to the Moonlit Tower Master.
• The Moonlit Tower Master said forcibly unsealing the Phoenix Body’s Heavenly Soul could damage it and suggested that the Heaven Speaker might be able to help.
• Ning Chen left the restaurant with Yin'er, deciding to seek the Heaven Speaker despite the risk that she might discover his identity.

Ning Chen visited the Heaven Speaker to ask her to unseal a Heavenly Soul, and she tested whether he could control his demonic nature beneath the apricot tree. He emerged from the trial overtaken by the white-haired demon, and the Heaven Speaker confronted him as he unleashed Heaven’s Weeping.

• Ning Chen asked the Heaven Speaker to unseal a Heavenly Soul, and she agreed on the condition that he prove he would not become a calamity.
• The Heaven Speaker sent Ning Chen beneath the apricot tree to face a trial of reason while Yin'er waited outside.
• Ning Chen’s black-haired self fought his violent white-haired self in his consciousness, but their final clash shattered the space within.
• Ning Chen emerged with white hair and blood-red eyes, having lost his reason, and the Heaven Speaker restrained him while keeping Yin'er back.
• The demon broke free into the void and unleashed Heaven’s Weeping against the Heaven Speaker.

The white-haired demon fought the Heaven Speaker atop Heavenly Language Peak, using demonic powers fueled by resentment and the strength of a Royal Heavenly Demon. As the Heaven Speaker was wounded and the battle intensified, she broke her seal and opened her eyes, summoning extraordinary heavenly phenomena.

• The demon attacked the Heaven Speaker with the Red Serpent Demonic Sword, but she blocked his strikes and wounded him with her palm.
• The demon revealed his Heavenly Demon true form and unleashed the Six Heavenly Demonic Extremes, forcing the Heaven Speaker to retreat and contain his power with a Heaven and Earth Cage.
• Yin'er watched anxiously from below as the demon summoned myriad demonic shadows and the Heaven Speaker countered with holy light and the power of the blazing sun.
• The demon broke through the holy light with a fist and made the Heaven Speaker retreat, drawing blood.
• The Heaven Speaker released her true essence, broke her seal, and opened her eyes, driving away the calamity clouds as heavenly phenomena appeared.

The Heaven Speaker battled the white-haired demon on Heavenly Language Peak, overpowering his techniques until Yin'er’s grief triggered the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. After the demon defeated her plea and drained her life force, the Heaven Speaker invoked her first judgment, unleashing endless heavenly thunder across the peak.

• The demon attacked the Heaven Speaker with the Cycle of Reincarnation Tribulation and Star Transformation, but she broke both techniques and grievously wounded him.
• Yin'er watched the battle in anguish as her suppressed cultivation erupted, summoning the Heavenly Demon Tribulation.
• The demon used the tribulation to strengthen himself, but the Heaven Speaker dispersed the demonic clouds and struck him down with the setting sun’s power.
• Yin'er pleaded with the demon to stop, but he seized her and drained her life force.
• The Heaven Speaker descended to attack the demon, and as Yin'er’s life faded, she invoked Doomsday Heavenly Punishment and engulfed Heavenly Language Peak in heavenly thunder.

Nirvana emerged from Yin'er and defeated the demon, while Ning Chen's fading soul imprint restored her and asked the Heaven Speaker to protect him. The Heaven Speaker revived Ning Chen's Phoenix Body but said that only the prayers of many people could remove his karmic burden, so Yin'er carried him down the mountain to seek them.

• Nirvana and the Vermilion Sword struck down the demon as Yin'er awakened, and Ning Chen's soul imprint restored her vitality before fading away.
• The Heaven Speaker sealed the demon, removed Ning Chen's Phoenix Source and Heavenly Soul, and used Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to restore his Phoenix Body.
• The Heaven Speaker explained that Ning Chen's karmic burden required the prayers of many people, and Yin'er resolved to ask them for help.
• The Heaven Speaker buried the demon beneath the Apricot Blossom Tree and warned that he would remain there if he failed to suppress his demonic nature again.
• Yin'er carried Ning Chen down the mountain and set out toward the mortal world to find people willing to pray for him.

Yin'er carried the unconscious Ning Chen through the human realm, seeking blessings for him and discovering both cruelty and kindness as her state of mind rapidly advanced. At Tianfu Holy Land, Prince Yan challenged Mu Changge to a sword contest, and the two began a battle with their strongest techniques.

• Yin'er endured repeated refusals while asking strangers to bless her master, and the Heaven Speaker watched her struggle.
• A woman in a pleasure house gave Yin'er hot tea and blessed her master, receiving Yin'er's blessing in return.
• As Yin'er contemplated the injustice suffered by kind people, her state of mind surged beyond the Five Tribulations and Three Calamities, and the Heaven Speaker suspected she had found the person she sought.
• At Tianfu Holy Land, Xi Mujin cared for the still-unconscious Chao Tianxi as the land recovered from its calamity.
• Prince Yan arrived with A'man and challenged Mu Changge to a sword contest; Mu Changge accepted and summoned Listening to the Heavenly Palace.
• Mu Changge unleashed Sword Nine, Divine Domain, and Prince Yan met his attack with Sword Sound, Flying Swan as their battle intensified.

Prince Yan and Mu Changge fought a supreme sword duel at Tianfu Sacred Land, ending in a draw after Prince Yan countered Sword Eleven with three swords. Chao Tianxi awoke and warned that Ning Chen had fallen into demonhood, while Mu Changge departed to prepare for Sword Twelve.

• Mu Changge and Prince Yan exchanged powerful sword moves, and Mu Changge unleashed Sword Ten, Immortal Execution, which wounded Prince Yan’s hand.
• Mu Changge used Sword Eleven, but Prince Yan answered with Three Swords Reaching Heaven, Bound by Life and Death, and the two attacks annihilated each other.
• Chao Tianxi woke from her unconscious state and said the duel’s victory and defeat had already been decided.
• Prince Yan thanked Chao Tianxi for sparing Ning Chen, and she said Ning Chen had completely fallen into demonhood after Qing Ling’s apparent death.
• Prince Yan clarified that Qing Ling still had a sliver of hope for survival, then left Tianfu Sacred Land with A'man.
• Mu Changge departed to prepare for an all-out attempt at Sword Twelve, and Chao Tianxi said Sword Eleven had lost.

An exhausted little girl and the unconscious red-clad young man were rescued by a village family, while Doctor Li found the young man’s pulse unlike that of any living person. On True Martial Star, Qi Huan killed Zi Chuan after a brutal battle, and Lü Luo returned to find her younger brother dead.

• A village blacksmith and his family brought the collapsed girl and red-clad young man inside, where Doctor Li examined them and said the young man had no pulse pattern of a living person.
• The Ink Lord forcibly raised Qi Huan’s cultivation to the Solid realm and ordered him not to disappoint his master.
• Qi Huan found Zi Chuan in the ruined city and demanded that he return with him, but Zi Chuan refused.
• Qi Huan and Zi Chuan fought with immortal arts, and Qi Huan’s Startling Rainbow pierced Zi Chuan after his cultivation suddenly stalled.
• Qi Huan left Zi Chuan’s body behind, and Lü Luo returned from searching for medicine and collapsed in grief when she found him dead.

After recovering in Li Family Village, Yin'er stayed with a kind farming family while her injured master remained unconscious. Doctor Li visited for dinner and learned that the young man was Yin'er's master, while the red-clad man remained motionless in the inner room.

• Yin'er woke after a day unconscious and learned that Auntie Li and Uncle Li had brought her and her master to their home.
• Yin'er ate porridge, explained that her master was injured, and offered to help Auntie Li with chores.
• Yin'er accidentally shattered frozen firewood with one hatchet strike, surprising Xiao Yuan and the Li family.
• Uncle Li and Auntie Li discussed Doctor Li's suspicion that Yin'er's master might be one of the dynasty's great cultivators.
• Xiao Yuan brought Doctor Li to dinner, and Yin'er told him that the unconscious young man was her master.
• The red-clad man remained motionless in bed, having stopped in his tracks for the first time in thirty years.

Yin'er sought blessings from the villagers to awaken Ning Chen while the Ink Sect’s masters arrived to kill him, prompting the Heaven Speaker to confront the Ink Lord. The chapter ended as the Heaven Speaker and Ink Lord unleashed powerful immortal arts against each other.

• Yin'er asked Auntie Li to help her gather the villagers’ blessings for Ning Chen, and the next day she carried him from door to door, begging despite the cold and her bleeding forehead.
• Lü Luo and Xiang Yuan mourned Zi Chuan at his grave, suspected Qi Huan’s attack concealed the Ink Lord’s involvement, and set out to find their Little Junior Brother.
• The masters of the Ink Sect’s Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Peaks arrived in Li Family Village, but Qi Huan resisted harming the unconscious Ning Chen while the other masters urged him to act.
• The Heaven Speaker sensed the danger and moved to intervene, but the Ink Lord appeared and blocked her, insisting that the Ink Sect would punish its traitors.
• The Heaven Speaker attacked with a Heaven and Earth Cage, and the Ink Lord countered with the Yin-Yang Immortal Art, leaving their battle raging in the skies.

The Heaven Speaker defeated the Ink Lord's incarnation and hurried west, while the three Ink Sect peak lords tried to seize the unconscious Ning Chen from Yin'er. The villagers' prayers awakened Ning Chen, whose sword aura rose as he stood beside Yin'er.

• The Heaven Speaker overcame the Ink Lord's immortal arts with Doomsday Heavenly Punishment, causing his incarnation to vanish before she hurried west.
• Qi Huan, the Sixth Peak Lord, and the Seventh Peak Lord confronted Yin'er above Li Family Village and tried to take Ning Chen away.
• Yin'er repeatedly escaped Qi Huan's restraints, but the Sixth Peak Lord and Seventh Peak Lord sealed her in place.
• More than a thousand villagers prayed for Yin'er and Ning Chen, sending their thought power toward them.
• The villagers' thought power stirred the world into swords, and Ning Chen awakened, rising beside Yin'er as ten thousand swords bowed around him.

Ning Chen awakened through nirvana and fought Qi Huan and the masters of Sixth Peak and Seventh Peak to protect Yin'er. After Qi Huan fell and entrusted Ning Chen with living, a white-robed figure appeared and stole the three men's bodies, blood essence, and soul power, driving Ning Chen into a rage.

• Ning Chen returned from nirvana as ten thousand swords shielded him from heavenly punishment, and he ordered Yin'er to stand behind him.
• Ning Chen defeated the masters of Sixth Peak and Seventh Peak, sealed their cultivation, and spared them before facing Qi Huan.
• Ning Chen and Qi Huan exchanged immortal arts and sword techniques, escalating their duel until both unleashed their ultimate powers.
• Ning Chen pierced Qi Huan with Star Soul, and Qi Huan accepted defeat, urged Ning Chen to live, and gave him the last of his strength before collapsing.
• The Heaven Speaker arrived as Ning Chen carried Qi Huan away, but a white-robed figure suddenly appeared and destroyed Qi Huan and the two peak masters, absorbing their blood essence and souls.
• Ning Chen turned on the white-robed figure with blood-red eyes and vowed vengeance.

Ning Chen, Xiang Yuan, and Lü Luo fought the Ink Lord while the Heaven Speaker battled the Golden Radiance Emperor. After Xiang Yuan fell and the Ink Lord moved to finish Ning Chen and Lü Luo, the Heaven Speaker opened her eyes again and forced him back.

• The Ink Lord killed the three peak masters and absorbed their blood essence and soul power, prompting Ning Chen to attack him.
• The Golden Radiance Emperor arrived to aid the Ink Lord, while Xiang Yuan and Lü Luo joined Ning Chen in fighting their former master.
• The Heaven Speaker confronted the Golden Radiance Emperor, and the two battles shook the ninth heaven.
• Ning Chen joined Xiang Yuan and Lü Luo in attacking the Ink Lord, and their combined assault wounded him.
• The Ink Lord unleashed his Immortal Art, and Xiang Yuan took the attack and fell to the earth.
• The Ink Lord pursued Ning Chen and Lü Luo, but the Heaven Speaker opened her eyes again and struck him with the power of heaven and earth.

The Heaven Speaker fought the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor to protect Ning Chen and the others, driving them off with her overwhelming power. Afterward, she asked Yin'er whether she was willing to become the new Heaven Speaker.

• The Heaven Speaker reopened her eyes and overwhelmed the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor, despite the great cost to herself.
• Ning Chen healed Xiang Yuan, but Lü Luo transferred most of her and Xiang Yuan's cultivation to him before leaving with Xiang Yuan.
• The Heaven Speaker used Heaven's Judgment to drive off the Ink Lord and the Golden Radiance Emperor, then exhaustedly closed her eyes.
• The Heaven Speaker warned Ning Chen to keep to the good and explained that his great merit also carried unprecedented karma.
• The Heaven Speaker asked Yin'er if she was willing to become the new Heaven Speaker.

Yin'er refused Heaven Speaker’s offer, and she and Ning Chen left Heavenly Language Star after visiting the demon body at Heavenly Language Peak. Half a month later, Ning Chen taught Yin'er cultivation from a Painted Boat while considering how to make the Immortal Peach Tree bear fruit sooner.

• Heaven Speaker offered Yin'er the role of Heaven Speaker, but Yin'er asked for time to decide, then promised Xiao Yuan she would return to teach him martial arts when he turned fifteen.
• Ning Chen left a trace of red radiance in Xiao Yuan and accepted Yin'er's wish not to become Heaven Speaker.
• The Underworld Hall ordered Vermilion Bird to retrieve the Phoenix from the Red Luan Starfield and sent Azure Dragon to follow and intervene if needed.
• Yin'er refused Heaven Speaker's offer, and Ning Chen absorbed the demon body's memories at the Apricot Blossom Tree before he and Yin'er bid Heaven Speaker farewell and left Heavenly Language Star.
• Half a month later, Ning Chen patiently taught Yin'er cultivation from a Painted Boat on the Mishui River while the concealed Immortal Peach Tree grew nearby.
• Ning Chen considered how to make the Immortal Peach Tree blossom and bear fruit sooner, since waiting nine thousand years was impossible.